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Chapter 30

           MayIaskyouifyouhaveeverhadanopportunityofremarking,downinyourpartofthecountry,thatthechildrenofnotexactlysuitablemarriagesarealwaysmostparticularlyanxioustobemarried?"

           Thiswassuchasingularquestion,thatIaskedhiminreturn,"Isitso?"

           "Idon’tknow,"saidHerbert,"that’swhatIwanttoknow.Becauseitisdecidedlythecasewithus.MypoorsisterCharlotte,whowasnextmeanddiedbeforeshewasfourteen,wasastrikingexample.LittleJaneisthesame.Inherdesiretobematrimoniallyestablished,youmightsupposehertohavepassedhershortexistenceintheperpetualcontemplationofdomesticbliss.LittleAlickinafrockhasalreadymadearrangementsforhisunionwithasuitableyoungpersonatKew.Andindeed,Ithinkweareallengaged,exceptthebaby."

           "Thenyouare?"saidI.

           "Iam,"saidHerbert;"butit’sasecret."

           Iassuredhimofmykeepingthesecret,andbeggedtobefavoredwithfurtherparticulars.HehadspokensosensiblyandfeelinglyofmyweaknessthatIwantedtoknowsomethingabouthisstrength.

           "MayIaskthename?"Isaid.

           "NameofClara,"saidHerbert.

           "LiveinLondon?"

           "Yes.perhapsIoughttomention,"saidHerbert,whohadbecomecuriouslycrestfallenandmeek,sinceweenteredontheinterestingtheme,"thatsheisratherbelowmymother’snonsensicalfamilynotions.

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